Latin-ish: More Than 100 Recipes Celebrating American Latino Cuisines
In this dazzling debut, Marisel Salazar combines years of research and travel to bring you a diverse array of delectable, modern foods shaped by diaspora and migration. Start your day with San Antonio Migas or Guava Cream Cheese Cinnamon Rolls and snack on a Mango Chamoy Salad or Yuca Fries with Cilantro Lime Aioli. Feast on Cuban Pizza or Arkansas Tamales, indulge in a slice of Plantain Upside Down Cake or Fried Ice Cream, and kick back with a Oaxaca Old-Fashioned or a Texas Margarita. Recipes appear in meal order, helpfully organized by cook and prep times. Gorgeous, joyful photography brings the food vibrantly to life, while easy-to-follow, step-by-step shots guide you through making Pan Cubano, creating Rainbow Tortillas, wrapping tamales, and more. Latin-ish unites cultures and cuisines in a first-of-its-kind cookbook of uniquely American dishes teeming with flavor that will have you coming back for más, por favor!
Praise for Latin-ish
“Latin-ish will take you on a personal journey of magical flavors and identity from Latin America to our rich ‘Latin-ish’ culinary traditions in the United States. Mole fries, Dominican spaghetti, and Cubano sandwiches may not have protected status, but they express a genuine sense of place. Salazar reveals these popular recipes of immigrants from Spanish-and Portuguese-speaking countries in the America that will have you sprinting to the nearest bodega for ingredients.”
“Marisel Salazar has a knack for combining different ingredients, flavors, and techniques in incredibly surprising ways, and this book showcases the passionate, adventurous spirit that goes into all the Latino cuisines of America. I can’t wait to cook so many more delicious recipes from it!”
“This book tells the ongoing story of a Latin America reimagined in the USA through recipes simultaneously soulful and whimsical, rooted in tradition and refreshingly free-spirited. Marisel Salazar has fearless perspective on the meaning of national culinary boundaries and she revels in celebrating the Latin cuisines that are living, growing, and evolving in our midst. She is at her finest as a current observer of cuisines that defy rules and borders. With crisp, graphic food photography, Latin-ish reflects a search by younger Americans of Latin backgrounds to acknowledge the shaping forces of the American experience.”
“This stunning book with such a great variety of recipes will bring so much excitement for lovers of Latin food. Bright beautiful visuals with enticing stories honoring Latin culture make it a must-have for your kitchen!”
“A smart, inviting, deeply researched cookbook packed with fun and delicious food that you will want to cook and eat and probably brag about having cooked and eaten.”